#muramuro

Murasakibara got this inner turmoil that he never disliked Nijimura before and was indifferent toward his ex-captain;; all this time only ever listened to Akashi.

He got so pissed that Himuro still calls him Shuu but he wants Himuro to trust him and he knows that there was nothing between them anymore.

He's even more pissed knowing Kiyoshi befriended Himuro so easily. Mukkun learns so much after dating Himuro. He learns that he can't get special treatment despite Himuro's way of bribing him with food. When it comes to other things, other real life and social life things, he can't tie Himuro, and Himuro doesn't want to humor him with further bribing.

He learns that just because he doesn't like someone, he can't make Himuro feel the same way, and just because he doesn't like that person, it's not justified to be a dick esp knowing Kiyoshi or Nijimura never done anything wrong to him.

("I lost to Kiyoshi! That's enough reason to hate him!"

"Atsushi, I was there too. We lost to him but is that really a reason to not visit him at the hospital? He moves from another country by himself and he needs all the emotional support he can get.")

Now that Himuro is there, Nijimura feels like he can go back to how things are, playing basketball. He can play with the guys from the neighborhood court but he knows it doesn't feel the same. During his move to L.A. Nijimura was at his lowest, with no certainty if his dad will survive or not. Aside from being his ex, Himuro was also his best friend.

Murasakibara decides an ex-captain or not, he doesn't care because he only wants Himuro to himself. It's not the first time he turns a friend into a foe and even though it feels awful and it feels alienating, he just doesn't care. But it's even harder to tell Himuro how he really feels about Nijimura because Himuro knows their past and assumes Atsushi won't have any ill feelings. The best way he can do is to distance himself. Of course, this saddens Himuro.

Kiyoshi being the first to realize and tries to give Murasakibara the talk but ofc Atsushi resists so he has to physically corner him or bribe him with food or something. In the end, murahimu talk.

Murasakibara: *takes out a cigarette*

Himuro: Atsushi?...I didn’t know you smoked.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi Characters: Murasakibara Atsushi, Himuro Tatsuya Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Cuddling & Snuggling, Light Angst Summary:

Y Block has a unique relationship with the prison guards. Or rather, it has a paradoxical relationship with the guards and no one was entirely sure how it manages to function.

The paradox comes from the "Double Kings." Everyone knows that of all the so-called Kings of the Block, the guards hate Murasakibara the most. Murasakibara is the one that scares them the most, so they hate him the most. And they have a reason to be scared-- rumor is Murasakibara has killed more guards than any other inmate. He's certainly taller than any of the guards, and stronger, and harder to kill, if rumors are correct. (And Himuro puts a lot of faith in rumors-- they say the guards have done everything they can to get rid of Murasakibara, including bribing fellow inmates. Himuro knows that's true because after a month, they tried to bribe him to kill his cellmate, and that was a mistake the guards only made once.)

But then there's Himuro, who the guards like the best, if they could be said to "like" anyone. It takes Himuro just two weeks to get a measure of everyone in the prison, and by then his underground poker rings are up and running and include a fair amount of the guards on duty. Himuro has a way of acquiring things-- things even the guards have a hard time getting-- and that makes him a necessary favorite.

Usually, it's not a good thing to be the person the guards like. But, Himuro finds, it's always good to be the supplier. Goods or information, Himuro makes sure he has what others need. And, fortunately, it's also good to be the person Murasakibara likes.

"I need more pocky, Murochin," Muraskaibara says.

"I can get you more in three days," Himuro says.

Murasakibara makes a small grunting sound, like this longer than he'd like but still acceptable. Then he says, "I also need a gun."

This causes Himuro to pause. "You do?" he queries, since Murasakibara isn't known as someone who used guns even when he was out. They called him “the Crusher King” for a reason, after all.

"Not for me. But I need one," Murasakibara says.

The other "Kings" must be planning something. Himuro knows that while Y Block accepts him as a "Double King," the other Blocks only acknowledge Murasakibara. The bond the five Kings have is a very strange thing.

"That might take me a bit longer," Himuro says carefully. "But I can probably do it. For you, Atsushi, I'd do anything."

Murasakibara doesn't acknowledge that comment. Then, abruptly, like it just occurs to him, he says, "What would Murochin want?"

"Want?"

"If you could get anything. What would you want."

"I can get anything," Himuro points out. But Murasakibara just continues to stare at him. Softly, Himuro says, "What do any of us want, Atsushi? I want the impossible, same as everyone else."

Murasakibara nods. "Yeah."

"Do you?" Himuro asks, because he's never once heard Mursakibara talk about life outside this prison that shouldn't exist.

"You make me want the impossible," Murasakibara says. "I hate that about you."

That's the closest Murasakibara has ever come to a love confession. Himuro decides he'll get the gun as quickly as he can.

murasakibara: *takes out a cigarette*

himuro: i didnt know you smoke

Murasakibara: what if one day you wake up as a snack?

Himuro: Atsushi...